Guard-rail attachment for curtain-poles



(No Model.)

B. K. ORTT & M. A. SHEARER. vGUARD RAIL ATTACHMENT FOR CURTAIN POLES.

Patented Nov, '7, 1893.

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROWLEY K. oRT'r AND MAHLONV A. SHEARER, or NORRISTOWN,

PENNSYLVANIA.

GUARD-RAIL ATTACHMENT FOR CURTAlN-POLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,116, dated November 7, 1893.

Application filed January 23, 1893. Serialllo. 459,505. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, R0 WLEY K. ORTT and MAHLON A. SHEARER, citizens of the United States, residing in N orristown, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guard-Rail Attachments for Curtain-Poles; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to guard rail attachments for curtain poles.

Where lace curtains are used on windows having inside blinds, great difficulty has heretofore been experienced in opening and closing the blinds without tearing the curtains. In a great many cases the blinds are removed altogether, or they are kept in their open position at all times, and are therefore practically useless. Our invention is designed to overcome this difficulty, and to this end it consists in the provision of a guard-rail extending across the window where the curtain is hung, pivoted to the curtain pole and adapted to be operated by a cord leading down to the floor to throw the rail outward and at the same time to throw the curtain away from the window and allow the blinds to be opened or closed without coming into contact with the said curtain.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a curtain-pole with our attachment thereon. Fig. 2 is a cross section of the same, the attachment being shown in elevation. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing another form of attachment to the pole, and Fig. 4 is a cross section of the same with the attachment in elevation.

A is the curtain pole hung upon brackets in any approved manner, and B is the guardrail. This is preferably made of wire bent substantially in theform shown, that is, in the form of a yoke. It is pivoted at its two ends to the clips 0 C, which are secured to the curtain-pole A. In the case of a wooden curtain-pole, they may be secured by means of screws or pins, as shown in Fig. 1; but in the case of a metallic curtain-pole, they are made to encircle the pole, as shown in Fig. 2. One end of the guard is extended beyond the pivot and forms a lever D, whereby the guardrail may be operated. To this lever is attached a cord or chain E. The guard-rail B hangs normally on its pivots directly beneath the curtain-pole A and is covered and concealed by the curtain on the latter. Now, if it is desired to open or close the blinds, it is simply necessary to pull on the cord or chain E. This, operating through the lever D, throws the guard-rail to its horizontal posiwindow. The blinds may thenbe operated without coming in contact with the curtain and tearing the same.

Having now described our invention, what we claim is 1. In combination with a curtain-pole, a guardrail for the curtain consisting of a metal rod bent in the form of a yoke and pivoted to the curtain-pole, one of its ends extending beyond the pivot and forming a lever whereby the said rail may be operated to throw the curtain away from the window, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of a curtain-pole, a pair rail pivoted to the said clips and having an extended arm, whereby the same may be operated to throw the curtain away from the window, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

ROWLEY K. ORTT. MAI-ILON A. Sl-IEARER. Witnesses:

HAROLD CORSON,

LIZZIE WEISS.

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